South Point Trail to Pointe aux Pins

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Canada

Ontario

Chatham-Kent

South Point Trail to Pointe aux Pins

Easy

hikers

South Point Trail to Pointe aux Pins

01:37

6.47km

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 19, 2026

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Rondeau Provincial Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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59 m

Rondeau Provincial Park

Highlight • Forest

This is a rare, southern-style forest that you won't find in most of Canada, called a Carolinian forest. You will find yourself surrounded by towering Tulip Trees and Sassafras that …

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2.58 km

Pointe aux Pins Lighthouse

Highlight • Monument

Standing near the southern end of the peninsula, Pointe aux Pins lighthouse overlooks the shallow shoreline where Lake Erie meets the entrance to Rondeau Bay. The current skeletal steel tower …

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2.90 km

South Point Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The South Point Trail East Side follows a long sandy route through Carolinian forest, dunes and marsh habitat toward the southern shoreline of Lake Erie. Much of the trail feels …

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6.47 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.48 km

Surfaces

6.00 km

482 m

Elevation